Comment by bossyTeacher
6 hours ago
> Ex-WhatsApp engineer here. WhatsApp team makes so much effort to make this end to end encrypted messages possible. From the time I worked I know for sure it is not possible to read the encrypted messages.
None of this makes the point you want to make. Being a former engineer. The team making "so much effort". You "knowing for sure". Like many in security, a single hole is all it takes for your privacy to pour out of your metaphorical bag of sand.
It’s not even “a single hole,” it’s that companies can change their mind at any time.
That person doesn’t work there anymore. For all we know Zuck could wake up one day and say “that’s it, we need the data and revenue from reading WhatsApp chats. Change our policy in the most low key way possible.”
Honestly, it’s too tempting isn’t it? They have the largest conversation network out there.
It doesn’t help that the company has just about zero trust built up among their customers. The whole dang company changed their name arguably to try to shed the “Facebook” baggage.